| Submissions to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture |
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| Written by Emma Ginn | |
"The International Research Centre on Social Minorities (IRCSM) is coordinating a request for information to be submitted to a number of Special Rapporteurs...IRCSM will make submissions to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in relation to fast-track procedures, inter alia on cases where legal representatives believe that Appellants would be at risk of torture upon return (including on issues such as the unwillingness of Immigration Judges to remove cases from fast-track or grant adjournments in order for Appellants to obtain medical reports or other corroborative information)."Below is an email from Russell Blakely at Wilson & Co who is the Convener of Detention and Fast Track sub-committee, ILPA. As well as solicitors, this work might possibly also be carried out by law or medical students assisting relevant solicitors. If you think you may be able to contribute, please check with Russell Blakely first.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is for people doing Detained Fast Track cases. I'm looking for case studies of torture-survivors in the AIT Fast Track whose cases have been dealt with unjustly. There was mention before of a general request for information, but I think this is quite significant. "The International Research Centre on Social Minorities (IRCSM) is coordinating a request for information to be submitted to a number of Special Rapporteurs...IRCSM will make submissions to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture in relation to fast-track procedures, inter alia on cases where legal representatives believe that Appellants would be at risk of torture upon return (including on issues such as the unwillingness of Immigration Judges to remove cases from fast-track or grant adjournments in order for Appellants to obtain medical reports or other corroborative information)." IRCSM want a two-page summary of concerns about Fast Track, which I will do based on what people said in June/July, when we were preparing for the dedicated stakeholders' meeting. Anybody got anything new to say, please email me. I think it is important also to provide case studies. I suggest suitable cases would be - 1. You have the case papers and can copy them to me, and discuss the case with me. 2. Client consents to release of information and to matter being used in this way. 3. You believe (regardless of findings of AIT/BIA) that the claim was highly credible, and that there was no significant attempt to deceive. 4. There is (now) strong medical evidence in the case strongly suggesting torture, or there was a clear potential for such evidence to be obtained. 5. The case was not taken out of Fast Track before opt-in refusal to make reconsideration order or refusal of second-stage reconsideration, in the AIT Fast Track. To confirm, I am not doing a formal referral of individual cases to the Special Rapporteur; rather I am looking for cases to use as case studies. Thanks very much Russell Blakely Wilson & Co Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Convener of Detention and Fast Track sub-committee, ILPA
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